How to scroll to an item at specific position (that is not in view), in recycler view in android?

Question

I have a list of images in a recycler view with a Horizontal Linear Layout. I want to programmatically scroll to say position = 20, while the image at that position is not in view. I have tried using:

recyclerView.scrollToPosition(position);

but this only scrolls if the item is in view. I have also tried using smoothScrollBy(x,y) and getLayoutManager().scrollToPosition(position) but it doesn't work.

recyclerView.getLayoutManager().smoothScrollToPosition(recyclerView, null, position); — Thomas Mary, Mar 05 '18 at 09:01
Possible duplicate of [Android recyclerview scroll to top](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41655486/android-recyclerview-scroll-to-top) — Florescu Cătălin, Mar 05 '18 at 09:02
Maybe this will help you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36569778/5167909 — Faysal Ahmed, Mar 05 '18 at 09:05
@FlorescuCătălin Please read the description of my question, I have already tried that solution and it does not work. — Iffat Fatima, Mar 05 '18 at 09:07
I'm pretty sure that you are doing something wrong there. I've tested that method on both orientations and is working. — Florescu Cătălin, Mar 05 '18 at 11:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 05 '18 at 09:16

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Use below code:

yourRecyclerViewObject.getLayoutManager().scrollToPosition(itemPosition);

edited Mar 05 '18 at 09:16

Dr.jacky

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answered Mar 05 '18 at 09:10

Muhammed Saneef

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Rajan Kali · Answer 2 · 2018-03-05T09:13:26.367

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I had this same issue and using delay worked for me

recyclerView.postDelayed(new Runnable(){
   @Override
   public void run(){
      recyclerView.scrollToPosition(position);
   }
},300);

edited Mar 05 '18 at 09:13

answered Mar 05 '18 at 09:06

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My layout is HORIZONTAL. Also in this case won't I have to keep the pixel position of the item, or should I calculate it atruntime. – Iffat Fatima Mar 05 '18 at 09:10

How to scroll to an item at specific position (that is not in view), in recycler view in android?

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